ID3 hTALB 8 Waiting for Snow in Havana - Confessions of a Cuban BoyTPE1 Carlos Eire/David DrummondTCOP Tantor MediaTCON Biography & AutobiographyTIT2 % Waiting for Snow in Havana - Part 01TRCK 1COMM ENG
Carlos Eire's National Book Award–winning memoir of his childhood in 1950s Havana and the overnight upheaval of his world in January 1959, when the Batista government was toppled.
A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other—-but with certain differences. The neighbor's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact.
Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares.
Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing...TLEN
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